To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
WOODROW WILSONTo conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.
WOODROW WILSONI am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
WOODROW WILSONIf I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
WOODROW WILSONA fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
WOODROW WILSONIf you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
WOODROW WILSONIf the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
WOODROW WILSONWhen I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
WOODROW WILSONHigh society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.
WOODROW WILSONHas justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
WOODROW WILSONAbsolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
WOODROW WILSONWe ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists–believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.
WOODROW WILSONWe grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
WOODROW WILSONLiberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.
WOODROW WILSONA man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
WOODROW WILSONRemember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.
WOODROW WILSONPower consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
WOODROW WILSON